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Michigan Good Food Bite
June 16, 2017

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Fair Food Pledge Protects 
Michigan Farm Workers
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Fair Food Project Logo  Photo Credit: Migrant Legal Aid


By: Rachel Kelly, Center for Regional Food Systems, with contributions from Teresa Hendricks, Executive Director, Migrant Legal Aid <>

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Now that it's almost summertime, we can appreciate local Michigan produce available at grocery stores and farmers markets-asparagus, rhubarb and a wide variety of leafy greens, to name a few. With local fruits and vegetables, you might first think about the quality and taste-nothing compares to the flavor of fresh, ripe, in season produce. There are many resources involved in getting high quality produce from farm to table. In Michigan, like many states, migrant and seasonal labor is a critical resource to ensure Michigan food reaches our tables.

Migrant and seasonal laborers in Michigan have traditionally been families with multiple generations of harvesters. Because there has been no path to legalization for farmworkers since 1986, about 50% of them are undocumented. For more stability in the labor force, and without any other options, many growers have added workers through the U.S. temporary foreign worker program. The program grants workers temporary H-2A visas for seasonal agricultural labor lasting 10 months or less. This labor is often hand-picking the fruit and vegetable crops that cannot be harvested by machine. Working in the fields can be strenuous, including long hours and physically demanding labor.

In order to ensure that migrant and seasonal workers are treated fairly, organizations like Migrant Legal Aid <> (MLA) provide resources and assistance to both workers and farmers. Further, MLA sponsors the Fair Food Pledge <>
, which uses food supply partners to help monitor conditions so that all farmworkers are treated in a fair and ethical manner. It also helps ensure that worker concerns are resolved expediently, before they become systemic.To learn more about the Fair Food Pledge and the Michigan partner that has signed it, continue reading below.

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